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UK Royal Mail plans court challenge over strikes

Posted by | Nov 1, 2003 | |

Royal Mail’s lawyers are gathering evidence to launch a court challenge against the postal union blamed for encouraging unofficial walkouts across the country.

Following pressure from business, which is worried about the wider impact of the nine-day dispute, company managers received positive legal advice on the strength of their case.

The company has decided to wait before pulling together witness statements and documents, which allegedly prove the secret involvement of union militants. Court action would be one of the most significant tests of Thatcherite union legislation since the Royal Mail successfully challenged in court the Communication Workers Union’s right to hold strikes without a ballot in 1990.

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Geodis invests in UK facility

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

A major investment by Geodis in the company’s UK operations centre at High Wycombe includes a new air cargo security screening system.

The new system will enable Geodis to provide its own clearance for clients in line with the National Aviation Security procedures.

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DHL launches courier service for students in India

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

DHL Express has launched a new courier service, University Express, to serve Indian students applying for higher studies overseas. DHL has provided 50 percent discount on each application sent overseas and has come up with the facility of picking up the documents from homes, hostels or colleges free of cost. India has the distinction of having the second highest number of students studying abroad with about 20,000 students applying every year for qualifying exams like Graduate Record Examination, Graduate Management Aptitude Test and SAT.

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Tesco switches contract as UK postal strike bites

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

Supermarket giant Tesco have switched a delivery contract from the Royal Mail because of the worsening unofficial dispute which is crippling postal services across many parts of the UK.

Meanwhile private firms holding licences to deliver a limited amount of bulk mail were given permission to carry any mail they wanted because of the dispute.

Delivery of books ordered from Tesco online was given to private firm Parcelnet in a big blow to the postal organisation as it struggles to cope with the effects of wildcat strikes.

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TNT Logistics and Rolls-Royce win second IT award

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

The information technology system developed by TNT Logistics UK and Rolls-Royce plc to manage and control inbound supply chains has gained its second prestigious technology award in four months.

The two companies have been presented with the Technology Award at the Supply Chain Awards 2003, organised by Motor Transport, the leading UK publication for the haulage, distribution and supply chain industry.

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Sweden Post mounts new foray into Australian market

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

Sweden Post has mounted a new foray into the Australian market by offering small businesses international postal services in a direct challenge to Australia Post’s market dominance.

Partial mail deregulation has enabled Posten’s local subsidiary Direct Link to consolidate its foothold in the Australian market via a new alliance with MBE Business Service Centres.

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Ghana Post in steady growth

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

Ghana Post Company Ltd registered a steady growth since it was transformed into Limited Liability Company in 1995.

Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister for Communication and Technology said this when he took his turn in the weekly meet the press series in Accra.

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Deutsche Post sent packing by Austria

Posted by | Oct 31, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post will not take a stake or majority in Austrian Post AG as planned. Speculations regarding an interest by the Deutsche Post to acquire the British logistics company Exel, are considered by analysts as unrealistic. “It is very unlikely”, said Raymond Maguire at UBS Warburg in London, explaining that the Deutsche Post does not have enough money to finance such an expensive takeover.

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